Most of the caches that are out there are micros, which nothing more than a log will fit into. Now, don't get me wrong, a micro is sometimes necessary in a busy spot where there are many mugglers. However, if you are going to put a micro out there, I think you should at least chose a spot that is historical, interesting, or at least pleasant to hunt in.
To give you an idea of HOW many micros there are versus regular and large containers, I went through a gpx file that I recently downloaded which contains all of the caches within a 10 mile radius of work. Here are the sizes of the caches in the file:
2 large containers
1 regular/medium size container
32 micro containers
Here's a picture of the view I had when I stopped to pick up a cache in roanoke during lunch today. It was in a gas station parking lot, near the exit for the car wash. Where is the value or challenge in this?
I spoke to someone at a letterboxing event recently. They used to enjoying geocaching as much as I did, but have stopped geocaching in the metroplex area due to this issue. He now only caches when he goes on trips or has to go out of town for something.
What has happened to the quality of our geocaches?!?
1 comment:
We've done that exact geocache in Roanoke and agree. Of course, half of the "we" is the fellow you talked to at the mmmmm in Grapevine.
jhtxtoco (geocaching) or
Batty Girl (letterboxing)
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